Since mid-April, small earthquakes have been cropping up deep beneath Mount St Helens at ‘relatively high rates,’ bringing roughly one tremor every few hours.

In the last 30 days, scientists have located 55 seismic events in the vicinity, and say there may be well over 100 earthquakes linked to the swarm so far. The activity falls in line with magma recharge thought to be underway since 2008.

Scientists with the Cascades Volcano Observatory and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network first detected the earthquakes on April 21. Deep snow this past winter left the monitoring sites buried, and knocked out telemetry and power.

But, once everything had been restored to nearly full capacity, the network immediately began picking up signs of small earthquakes at a rate of one quake every few hours.
The scientists have found ‘good evidence’ to suggest this swarm began as early as April 16, and was definitely underway by the 18th.

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Best Video of Mount St Helens Volcano Eruption footage

May 18th 1980 Mount St Helens Volcano Eruption footage
The large eruption on Mount St Helens began at 8:32 am.
The earthquake shook loose the upper northern flank of the volcano. About 3.2 cubic km of of the mountain slid down in a massive avalanche at 250 km/h toward the base of Mount St Helens.
The avalanche released extreme pressure on the volcano which began a huge explosion. A 500 km/hr blast of hot gases and fractured rock covered 600 sq km in minutes. 30 seconds after the initial blast the Mount St Helens volcano released a Plinian eruption column of ash which rose to a height of 25 km in 15 minutes. The ash reaches Spokane 430 km away in 3½ hours. From noon until 5:30 pm a burning cloud swept 8 km down the northern slopes of the volcano at 300 km/hr. Mudflows raged down the side of the volcano and were caused by melting of the snow on the mountain. Hope you enjoyed this Mount St Helens video footage hd